Do you find yourself communicating differently with people from different groups and cultures?
Yes I often find myself in this situation. I provide customer service to all nationalities and to people from all cultures and groups.
If yes, in what ways do you communicate differently?
I have not yet mastered a second language. I do speak well enough to be able to know what the person is saying. I use things like pointing, asking questions in my own language because I know that even when people can’t speak the language they can understand what you are saying.
When communicating with a person from another culture or group it is always better to have someone that fully understand their language besides you interpreting the language.
Food for thought
Do you think it's rude when Hispanic people speak spanish in public?
“My friends and i were talking about this earlier in school, ok so my friend rides a bus to a tech school from high school everyday, and the bus driver is Hispanic, and this Hispanic girl sits in front of him speaking Spanish with bus driver, and he gets mad whenever they speak speak Spanish in front of him, he says that This is the united states are main language is English and it should stay this way. i am a little irritated EVEN IN MY ENGLISH CLASS they even speak Spanish!! its so rude to me whenever they speak spanish in a damn English class. we had groups today and we were moving around and my teacher puts me with this Hispanic girl and she barely knew english, she gave me a angry look like she didnt want to talk to me, but i didnt do anything i was just asking her about the study questions? but she decided not to anwser me and gave me a bad look, i think shes racist against americans i dont know... well have you had this experience before?, if so tell, when and where and this happened.”
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